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Buying a Hobbyist Welding Machine? Common Spec Sheet Terms
SPEC SHEET TERMS Understanding the lingo of a particular welding machine’s literature brochure or specification sheet can be a bit confusing if the hobbyist is also new to welding. To that end, I’ll...
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Why do welds crack?
What causes a weld to crack? A lot of time and research has gone into answering this simple question. A lot more than what will be discussed in this blog post. For the sake of this blog, we will...
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Why is my welder not feeding wire?
Wire feeding issues occur with both solid and cored wires. Whether it is your drive roll, liner, contact tip, or welding procedure – we can help troubleshoot. The good news is the problem is usually easy to diagnose and fix.
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Hobbyist Wire Welding Tips: What type of wire best fits your welding needs?
Some hobbyist welders in the market for a new wire machine will call it just that; a wire machine. Some will casually use the term MIG (Metal Inert Gas) or the more formal term from where MIG...
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Hobbyist MIG Welder Buying Guidelines: Input Voltage, Amperage Output & Weight
HOBBYIST MIG WELDER BUYING GUIDLINES: INPUT VOLTAGE, AMPERAGE OUTPUT & WEIGHT First and foremost, let’s define what a “hobbyist” welder, as in a machine, means. I define it as a machine...
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Pulsed MIG Transfer: Should You Switch from Short Circuit?
Short Circuit: Wrong for the Job A large Sterling, Colorado based fabricator of non ASME tanks, skids and mobile liquid transporters for the oil & gas industry allowed General Air to audit their...
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Metal-Cored Wire Conversion and HPG on Pressure Vessels
Prior Situation A pressure vessel manufacturer in Denver asked General Air for assistance in improving the output of their thin wall tank line while reducing the number of “leakers.” In depositing...
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Pulsed Metal-Cored Wire Hard Automation
Prior Situation A national integrator of pipe networks, located in Denver, was confronted with a sudden, significant problem: its outsourced supplier of (electrical) isolation pipe assemblies was...
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Butt Joints to Hard Automation and Submerged Arc
Prior Situation A large steel fabricator facing strict deadlines and a shrinking labor pool turned to General Air for advice. Their current system of welding 1/4” plate, butt joints, consists of...
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Switching to Metal-Cored Wire and Joint Design Change
Prior Situation A regenerative braking system engineering firm and fabricator, located in northern Colorado, came to General Air in search of a more cost effective solution for fabricating their...